{"id":30353,"date":"2026-06-10T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30353"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:52:19","slug":"east-bank-road-project-to-be-accelerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/east-bank-road-project-to-be-accelerated\/","title":{"rendered":"East Bank Road project to be accelerated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-as President Ali demands timely delivery before Christmas <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A meeting was held today at State House with Contractor China Road\u00a0and Bridge Corporation, (CRBC), Consultants, Shaledia Associates, Inc., and engineers overseeing\u00a0the rehabilitation and expansion of the eastbound public road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the discussion, President Dr. Irfaan Ali emphasised the importance of the project\u00a0and the need to bring works back on schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the project is currently about 62 per cent complete compared to the 78 per cent level it\u00a0should have reached at this stage and called for a focused strategy to recover lost time.\u00a0The contractor reported that works are ongoing on a 24-hour basis with additional crews to\u00a0be deployed at the extreme end of the project from June 20 this year to accelerate progress.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/721644286_1549595519867330_1902025256907325680_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">During the discussion, President Dr. Irfaan Ali emphasised the importance of the project\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of state directed that all areas where subsurface works have been completed\u00a0be fully finished without delay.\u00a0He also stressed the need to prioritise clearing encumbrances and ensuring prompt restoration\u00a0of access to residents&#8217; homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is expected to be completed before Christmas this year and will improve travel\u00a0along the eastbound corridor, particularly for commuters using the route to and from\u00a0the Cheddi-Jagan International Airport (CJIA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-as President Ali demands timely delivery before Christmas A meeting was held today at State House with Contractor China Road\u00a0and Bridge Corporation, (CRBC), Consultants, Shaledia Associates, Inc., and engineers overseeing\u00a0the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,471,363,350],"tags":[488,1077,1076,370,445,412,405],"class_list":["post-30353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-infrastructural-development","category-national-transformation","category-news","tag-488","tag-china-road-and-bridge-corporation","tag-east-bank-road-project","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-public-works","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30356,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30353\/revisions\/30356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}